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The official X account for the NASA Hubble Space Telescope, managed and operated by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
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200,000 orbits and counting 🌎
On Sept. 19, Hubble completed its 200,000th orbit around Earth — here’s an observation completed on the big day!
This image shows a cluster of galaxies called MACS J0417:
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Breaking free 💨
M90 is part of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies... for now. Its orbit through the cluster has accelerated so much that it's in the process of escaping the gravitational hold of the cluster entirely:
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NGC 7541 is above average! 🏅
This galaxy boasts a higher-than-usual star formation rate. A bar of stars and gas that intersects its center might be the reason why!
This bar likely funnels in the material and fuel needed to create and nurture new stars:
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Got it! 🤩
Adopt your pixel from the Roman Space Telescope, which just launched yesterday! ⬇️
Time to explore the cosmos! 🔭
@NASARoman is ready to lift off from @NASAKennedy at 7:26am ET (1126 UTC) on Aug. 30. Join us here for our live coverage beginning at 6:20am ET (1020 UTC).
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LIVE: Watch as @POTUS awards the Artemis II crew – Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen – with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
This weekend, @NASARoman launches to join @NASAHubble and @NASAWebb in space, teaming up to expand our view of the universe. Each telescope brings a unique set of skills and interests. Curious where you’d fit in the exploration squad? Find out which telescope you are!
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It’s almost time!
Yesterday, @NASARoman arrived at @NASAKennedy's @SpaceX hangar, where it will be joined to a Falcon Heavy rocket—the telescope’s chariot for its journey to orbit. Roman is scheduled to lift off on Sunday, Aug. 30.
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A stellar Coat of Many Colors for Dolly Parton, forever among the stars 💗
Take in this new image of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672 from Chandra, @NASAHubble, and @NASAWebb. Studying barred spirals in action can help reveal how gas in our own Milky Way, which is also a barred spiral, feeds its central black hole and forms new stars.🌀
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No single telescope can tell the whole story of our universe.
Every @NASA space telescope is designed to answer different questions. Together, they help scientists see the bigger picture.
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Paint with all the colors of the (stellar) wind 🎨
Data from @NASAHubble, @ChandraXray, and @NASAWebb combine to give us a vibrant look at the Tarantula Nebula. This star-forming region is 160,000 light-years away from Earth.
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The Hubble Space Telescope mission, now over 36 years old, is a story of triumphs and near disasters.
In June, historians, scientists, engineers, and program leaders gathered to reflect on Hubble's legacy and the lessons that could help shape NASA's next great telescopes. Read their comments in the newly released transcript:
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Spread your wings 🪽
An aging star at the center of the nebula Hen 2-437 casts off spectacularly symmetrical lobes of gas.
Hen 2-437 resides in the faint northern constellation of Vulpecula (The Fox):
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A trip down the Milky Way's memory lane...
Our home galaxy's history just got clearer, thanks to Hubble. About 12 billion years ago, a dwarf galaxy known as LKH collided with a young Milky Way and merged with it.
Take a look back with this new discovery:
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The next big thing in astronomy launches in just a couple weeks!
The @NASARoman Space Telescope's wide, infrared vision will build upon and complement Hubble's capabilities.
Find out how the two missions differ and how they'll work together here:
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In these cosmic captures, the Lion Nebula is the mane attraction 🦁
A dying star casts off its outer layers to create this intricate structure of gas and dust. Scientists think that it will disperse in about 10,000 years... which is very short, in astronomical terms. ⬇️
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Some serious star power 🤩
The star cluster NGC 6791 is one of the oldest and largest open clusters known to exist.
At about 10 times larger than most open clusters, it's home to roughly 10,000 stars.
NGC 6791 resides about 13,300 light-years away:
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Like a collage made of layered sheets of colored cellophane, a vibrant new image layers observations of the Tarantula Nebula from NASA's Chandra (blue), Hubble (green), and Webb (red). More:
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This celestial butterfly might appear serene, but its “wings” are actually roiling cauldrons of gas heated to more than 36,000°F, spreading across space at more than 600,000 mph. You'd be able to go from Earth to the Moon in 24 minutes at that speed! #MondayMotivation#
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